working hours and overtime work for the group of (non-tenured) junior academics. By using unique longitudinal survey data on … potential antecedents of overtime. We find that overtime hours are less pronounced among firm employees holding a doctorate and …. In contrast to firm employees, overtime hours are considerably positively associated with part-time contracts for …

In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … observe striking differences between the two countries with respect to overtime compensation patterns and their change over …

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both … performance-related pay and unpaid overtime in Great Britain is an important factor in explaining the observed differences. With …

This paper offers a contract-based theory to explain the determination of standard hours, overtime hours and overtime … explore a simple wage-hours contract without overtime and show that incorporating hours into the contract may itself produce … efficiency gains. We then show how the introduction of overtime hours, remunerated at premium rates, can further improve contract …

overtime hours and average premium pay equations. Among other issues, four broad questions are of central importance. (a) What … are the impacts of straight-time pay and hours on overtime pay and hours? (b) Is premium pay positively related to the … length of weekly overtime? (c) What is the influence of collective bargaining coverage on overtime pay and hours? (d) Does …